“Turbulence, Terror, and a Touch of Irony”

On a Trans-Atlantic flight, a plane passes through a severe storm. The turbulence is awful, and things go from bad to worse when one wing is struck by lightning. One woman in particular loses it. Screaming, she stands up in the front of the plane. “I’m too young to die!” she wails. Then she yells, … Read more

“Catered Critters on the Runway”

Tower: “Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact departure on 124.7.” Eastern 702: “Tower, Eastern 702 switching to departure. By the way, after we lifted off, we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway.” Tower: “Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, contact departure on 124.7. Did you copy the report from … Read more

“Thrifty Morris’s High-Flying Silence”

Morris and his wife Esther went to the state fair every year and every year Morris would say, “Esther, I’d like to ride in that airplane.” Esther always replied, “I know Morris, but that airplane ride costs 50 dollars, and 50 dollars is 50 dollars.” One year Morris and Esther went to the fair and … Read more

“Borneo Bass Break: A Biologist’s Bungle”

A biology graduate student went to Borneo to take some samples for his thesis work. He flew there, found a guide with a canoe to take him up the river to the remote site where he would make his collections. About noon on the second day of travel up the river, they began to hear … Read more

“Hard Landings and Hard of Hearing”

Upon landing hard, the pilot got on the PA system, “Sorry, folks for the hard landing. It wasn’t my fault, blame it on the asphalt.” On this particular flight, the airline pilot noted that he had “hammered the plane a little hard on the runway.” The airline policy was that he had to stand at … Read more

“Blonde’s Unstoppable Airplane Excitement”

A blonde gets an opportunity to fly to a nearby country. She has never been on an airplane anywhere and was very excited and tense. As soon as she boarded the plane, a Boeing 747, she started jumping in excitement, running over seat to seat and starts shouting, “BOEING! BOEING!! BOEING!!!” Annoyed by the goings-on, … Read more